Mike Fasulo, President of Sony Electronics, at CES 2019. While Sony wowed at the tech conference with their new 85″ and 98″ 8K TVs, Fasulo said the trend to watch for 2019 is the further adoption of 4K by a widespread consumer base and the integration of smart home features within those popular TVs.

“Intuitions of master chess players when they look at the board [and make a move], they’re accurate,” he said. “Everybody who’s been married could guess their wife’s or their husband’s mood by one word on the telephone. That’s an intuition and it’s generally very good, and very accurate.”

This question was the starting point for the authors before they began to compile their material. The result is a book that gives explanations to help the reader understand the Sicilian Defense – and instructions to show him how to use it.

Hilary Hahn has become very associated with the music of Bach, and so for the latest Gramophone Podcast, Editor Martin Cullingford talked to her about the clearly very personal relationship she has with the composer’s music, and about making this new recording.

Some of this can be explained away by arguing that Discovery is a science vessel, and more likely to have experimental tech – like the Spore Drive itself – that may prove problematic and be discontinued. But in truth, it reflects that Star Trek has always been a futuristic series. Back in 1966, massive viewscreens and hand-held communicators were the stuff of science-fiction. Nowadays, they’re commonplace, meaning Star Trek has to embrace new technologies in order for its science to still look advanced.

I believe that chess can combat many challenges we face today: fractured attention, indecisiveness and a shortage of grit and discipline brought on by too much screen time. Technology has forever changed the way we live, learn and play. Our children have insatiable appetites for fast-paced, action-packed entertainment, and it often feels as though we are watching powerlessly as their patience and critical-thinking skills suffer.

Enter DeepMind. The Google-owned AI company’s AlphaZero is a paradox. AlphaZero taught itself chess (as well as go and shogi) starting with no knowledge about the game beyond the basic rules. It developed its chess strategies by playing millions of games against itself and discovering promising avenues of exploration from the games it won and lost.